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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Narz (ranked 791 p4p, 1510 weight class) and Elroy Clarks (ranked 49 p4p, 90 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Narz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elroy Clarks!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Watson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Narz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peter Narz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clarks moves out of range of the leg kick from Narz.
Clarks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narz.
Clarks checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Narz tries to land a leg kick but Clarks saw it coming and moves away.
Clarks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Narzs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Clarks decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Narz is trying to get back to full guard.
Narz wants to get back to his feet.
Narz is looking for a sweep. Clarks is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Narz pushes Clarks off looking to stand but Clarks dives back in and keeps control.
Narz wants to improve his position but Clarks is controlling well.
Clarks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Narz defending well though.
Clarks wants to control but Narz is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narz is looking to control Clarks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Narz avoid being mounted?
Narz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clarks.
Clarks lands strikes from half guard.
Clarks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Narz's head.
Narz is trying to maintain the position but Clarks is very close to passing his half guard.
Narz is controlling Clarks's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Clarks trying to control the action but Narz is working from the bottom.
Narz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Clarks is working away from the top position though.
Narz tries to roll over but Clarks keeps him under control.
Nice strikes from Clarks there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarks has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Clarks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Clarks cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Clarks lands with some strikes.
Clarks lands a couple of good shots and Narz has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Clarks scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narz tries to break free.
Clarks trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Clarks is landing with strikes. Narz can't take much more of this.
Narz staying busy and making it hard for Clarks to control.
Clarks is trying to stick to Narz's back but Narz is turning into Clarks. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Clarks's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Narz.
Narz tries to free his leg and advance position but Clarks is retaining full guard.
Clarks is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Clarks keeping full guard, as Narz tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarks lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Narz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Narz has his hands on Clarks's head, controlling the position.
Narz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clarks's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Narz looking to control.
Narz wants to sweep but no luck.
Clarks wants to control from the top but Narz keeps moving.
Clarks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Narz is keeping the position for now.
Narz controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Narz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Clarks manages to get himself to full guard.
Clarks is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Narz is pushing down on Clarks's leg trying to pass to half guard. Clarks is fighting to maintain full guard but Narz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Narz wants to control but Clarks is keeping him busy.
Narz passes to full mount!
Narz stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Clarks throws a big shot that misses.
Narz jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Narz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clarks.
Clarks thuds his shin into the meat of Narz's side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elroy Clarks dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Clarks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clarks clobbers Narz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Clarks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clarks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Clarks lands with a nice body kick.
Clarks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Clarks avoids the body shot from Narz.
Narz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Narz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Narz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clarks thows a body kick. Narz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Narz scores with a nice right hand.
Clarks feints a jab promting Narz to slip. Clarks then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Narz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Narz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Narz misses with a looping left.
Narz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Clarks. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarks throws a jab but it's blocked by Narz.
Clarks cracks Narz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Clarks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Narz.
Clarks looks to score with a jab to the body but Narz is just out of range.
Elroy Clarks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Narz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clarks has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Narz.
Clarks has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Clarks there as he acknowledges the shot.
Clarks scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Clarks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Clarks is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Narz actively working from the bottom here.
Clarks is just content to waste time from the top position. Narz takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clarks is one step ahead there.
Narz wants to stand and escape but Clarks is having none of it.
Narz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clarks is one step ahead there.
Clarks stays in close to Narz's body and controls the position.
Narz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Clarks doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Clarks manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Clarks not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Clarks stopping the sweep attempt from Narz.
Clarks is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarks scoring with punches to the head and body.
Clarks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Narz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Clarks drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Narz dives on top into guard.
Narz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Clarks controls Narz momentarily but Narz frees himself.
Clarks working a defensive guard but Narz manages to pass into side control anyway.
Clarks manages to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narz tries to stand and escape but Clarks actually recovers to full guard.
Clarks seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Elroy Clarks has got the better of the ground game so far.
Narz looking to pass the guard.
Narz pushing down on Clarks's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Narz tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Clarks looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Clarks is looking to improve his position.
Narz wants to pass to mount but Clarks is defending the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elroy Clarks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Narz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Clarks is out of range.
Clarks fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Narz avoids it really well and circles away.
Narz staying out of range there.
It looked like Narz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Narz misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Clarks misses.
Narz swings for the body but Clarks moves out of range.
Clarks scores with a kick to the midsection.
Clarks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Narz with the inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narz misses with an uppercut. Clarks saw that one coming.
Narz throws a good cross that connects.
Narz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Narz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Narz jabs at Clarks's body.
Narz misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narz throws a leg kick
and Clarks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Narz throws a hook but Clarks blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Clarks.
Narz scoring well with a low kick there.
Narz looks to land a body kick but Clarks moved away.
Clarks looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Clarks takes a swing at Narz's ribcage but misses.
Narz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Clarks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clarks lands a nice looking kick to the body. Narz takes a step back to recover.
Clarks shoots in but no luck this time.
Narz is looking to counter punch.
Peter Narz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elroy Clarks.
Narz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab from Narz misses.
Clarks avoids the head kick by Narz.
Narz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A punch combination from Clarks misses.
Clarks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narz scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Narz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Clarks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Clarks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A countering left hand to the body from Clarks misses.
Narz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clarks wants to counter with a clinch but Narz pushes him away.
A clash of legs there as Clarks blocks the low kick.
Good exchange - Clarks coming out on top.
Clarks throws an overhand right that lands on Narz's shoulder, as Narz tries to avoid the shot.
Narz throws a body kick that misses.
Clarks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Narz.
Clarks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Narz throws a chopping leg kick but Clarks manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Narz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Narz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Clarks counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Narz pushes Clarks off and gets back to his feet.
Peter Narz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clarks lands a head kick. Narz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Narz works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clarks feints the counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Narz.
A left lands for Clarks.
Clarks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narz throws a right hand that Clarks ducks under and follows up with a left that Clarks also avoids with ease.
Narz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Elroy Clarks is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Clarks is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Narz clinches.
Narz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clarks throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Narz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick misses from Narz.
Narz throws a leg kick but Clarks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Narz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Clarks.
Narz lands a nice shot to the body.
Clarks looks to score with a jab to the body but Narz is just out of range.
A combination from Narz does no damage.
Narz throws an off balance right hand
and Clarks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Clarks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Narz.
Clarks lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Narz avoids the head kick by Clarks.
Narz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clarks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Clarks throws a nice head kick!
Peter Narz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice leg kick lands there from Narz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Narz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Clarks has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elroy Clarks!
After winning the bout, Elroy Clarks thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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